Bracelets

Text for web exhibition “From near and far” presented on the Bohusläns Museum website 2009 - 2013: The bracelet is made of plaited metal threads; diameter 6.3 cm. Reportedly “coffee work from King Kama’s land, Bethjuanaland in South Africa.” Coffees were a former denomination of people in southern Africa who were not converted to Islam or Christianity. Armbande is bestowed in 1921 by Ernst Nomell, Kimberley, South Africa. Donor details Ernst William Nomell was born in Uddevalla in 1861 as one of ten children of the action Johan August Nomell and his wife Elise Kullgren. As a youngster, he gave himself into the world as a light food rose. In South Africa, Ernst Nomell made contact with a man involved in the country’s mining industry. It was the politician, financier and imperial builder Cecil Rhodes, a man of British descent. Nomell won his trust, and he came to settle in the Kimberley mining town, where in 1888 Cecil Rhodes participated in the founding of the diamond company De Beer. The former Uddevallabon came to work at the company for many years. Ernst Nomell was involved in sending gifts to the museum in his home town. From the Handwritten Catalogue 1957-1958: Bracelet, Africa, et al. D. c: a 6 cm; intertwined strands of copper, brass and aluminium; 5 cross bands of copper. Completely. Lappdirectory: 9